A blog about American History, and the development of a great Nation

My friend and co-blogger Darwin Catholic at The American Catholic put together the above video, which I believe is one of the best videos I have seen on World War I. George M. Cohan of course wrote Over There, the song which became the battle hymn of the American war effort in World War I. George M. Cohan was immortalized by James Cagney in the 1942 film biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy. Dying on November 5, 1942 of stomach cancer, Cohan saw the film shortly before its release in a private screening. I do not know if the ending of the film in the clip below brought tears to his eyes, but it always does mine: